A special VMJPod series – live from ATC 2025! We sit down with industry leaders to go beyond the buzz and discuss what AI really means for talent teams. Series co-hosted by VideoMy Founder and CEO, David Maccioca and TaPod's Craig Watson. ______In this episode we talk to Gareth Flynn, CEO of TQ Solutions, following his talk at ATC and recently returned from Unleash Paris. As a talent and workforce expert, Gareth brings a global perspective on AI transformation, sharing critical insights about why most companies aren't seeing ROI from their AI investments yet – and what needs to change.Gareth's key revelation: organisations have been treating AI as a technology implementation project when it's actually a complete cultural transformation and reinvention of work. He explains the crucial shift from generative AI to agentic AI, where agents actually do the work instead of humans, and why this is where businesses will finally see the massive productivity gains they're seeking. However, with employees operating in "psychological fear territory," companies must involve workers in co-creating the future rather than imposing change upon them.The conversation explores how the talent acquisition function will fundamentally transform, with 60-80% of current TA work ripe for automation. But rather than pure headcount reduction, Gareth envisions TA professionals focusing on workforce insights, job design, talent attraction, and helping organisations solve what he calls "the biggest redeployment problem the world's ever faced."Gareth also delivers sobering assessments of Australia's position in the global AI race, comparing it unfavourably to the aggressive investments in the Middle East, UK, and Asia, while offering a provocative perspective on why Australia's mining wealth has made the nation complacent about innovation.Key Topics:01:15 – Why no one is getting ROI from AI yet: Key learnings from Unleash Paris01:50 – The shift from generative AI to agentic AI: What's the difference and why it matters02:45 – Why AI isn't a tech project – it's a cultural transformation03:15 – Employees in psychological fear: The performance drag no one's talking about04:20 – How 60-80% of TA work will be automated and what comes next05:15 – Working "left and right of the rec": TA's future in workforce insights and redeployment06:20 – Companies leading AI transformation: Novartis and Lloyd's Bank case studies07:15 – Lloyd's Bank: Transforming into a fintech through radical leadership change08:40 – Competition from AI-native businesses: Why traditional companies are at risk09:40 – Data protection vs. innovation: Why Australia should avoid Europe's regulatory mistakes10:45 – Middle East opportunity: Why Dubai and UAE are winning the AI infrastructure race11:45 – Australia's slow follower status: The complacency problem and what needs to changeIf you want to learn more about activating your employer brand strategy and EVP then you can check out podcast.videomyjob.com for a library of industry perspectives and how-tos. Now, if you’re ready to level up your activation strategy then you need an employee story video platform and that’s what we do! Go to videomyjob.com/demo to book a walkthrough with one of our video specialists or click on the pricing page to learn about our new 60-day pilot program. Lastly, we’d love for you to help us spread the word about the VMJPod to attract new experts and practitioners to share their activation strategies, so please take a screenshot and post it on LinkedIn, don’t forget to tag us at VideoMyJob, we are so grateful when you do that!

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